Tales of two cities paris london and the birth of the modern city conlin jonathan isbn 9781619022256 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. The premise is based on the competition between london and paris for the title of the greatest city in the world in that contest the modern city scape was born the author divides the book into six areas important in a metropolitan setting the street the restaurant the dancethe cemetery the underworld and the house a good example of what was born out of this rivalry is the apartment which started in paris and was con. By borrowing imitating and learning from each other paris and london invented the true metropolis tales of two cities examines and compares five urban spaces the pleasure garden the cemetery the apartment the restaurant and the music hall that defined urban modernity in the nineteenth century the citizens of paris and london first created these essential features of the modern cityscape and so defined urban living for all of us. Tales of two cities examines and compares six urban spaces the street the cemetery the apartment the restaurant the music hall and the nocturnal underworld the citizens of paris and london. Tales of two cities paris london and the birth of the modern city by jonathan conlin list price 1695 september 16 2014 paperback 6 x 9 320 pages isbn 9781619024403 order now from paris and london have long held a mutual fascination and never more so than in the period 1750 1914 when they vied to be the worlds greatest city each city has been the focus of many books yet